I finally made the switch. I reloaded my Dell E521 with Ubuntu 7.04 this weekend. After poking around to make sure there were enough rocks in place for me to tip-toe across the river of change, I went for it. I loaded up Automatix, all the Google goodies, VMware Server, some assorted tools such as [...]
After having some mild success with gtkpod with my iPod, a good friend (ok, my boss) recommended Floola to me for an iTunes substitute on Linux. It’s friggin nice! Simple to install and run on Linux (Ubuntu 7.04 right now). In reference to my Linux wishlist, this strikes one very crucial item [...]
The very first computer I ever touched was running UNIX. To be more precise: Computervision CADDS 4X. From there I moved onto Intergraph CLIX. Then I got to touch an Intel i386-DX4 PC running DOS and Novell Netware. If you couldn’t tell by now, I was a CAD slob. Yes, [...]
I’m getting really tired of half-assed software products. It seems to be the norm nowadays. The more pressure from shareholders to get and keep marketshare, the more emphasis is put on cranking unfinished shiny boxes out the door. I own and use each of these rough-cut gems so I can step up to [...]
I’m getting really tired of half-assed software products. It seems to be the norm nowadays. The more pressure from shareholders to get and keep marketshare, the more emphasis is put on cranking unfinished shiny boxes out the door. I own and use each of these rough-cut gems so I can step up to [...]